Thank you guys. This is helping.
No, I did not export the key. Using the fingerprint, I downloaded the
asc file from openpgp.org and placed it into my disk/users/SamiBadri,
and then used the command: cat filename, to reveal the key block.
That key block did not match the one on his profile.
Hi S.B.,
* "S.B. via Gnupg-users" [2021-12-16; 10:37]:
> maybe I'm not explaining it well. I was able to import a public key using:
>
> gpg --keyserver hkps://keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys fingerprint*
>
> the fingerprint was provided to me by the intended recipient via their
> profile page.
when i compared the imported pgp public key block (which I obtained
using the import command and the provided fingerprint) to the
displated pgp public key block, they didn't match
shouldn't they match?
No.
The key block is not a human-readable format. It's a binary format
that's meant to be
On Donnerstag, 16. Dezember 2021 16:37:30 CET S.B. via Gnupg-users wrote:
> maybe I'm not explaining it well.
Indeed.
> I was able to import a public key using:
>
> gpg --keyserver hkps://keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys fingerprint*
>
> the fingerprint was provided to me by the intended
maybe I'm not explaining it well. I was able to import a public key using:
gpg --keyserver hkps://keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys fingerprint*
the fingerprint was provided to me by the intended recipient via their
profile page.
the profile page also displayed the pgp public key block
when i
On Donnerstag, 16. Dezember 2021 12:52:28 CET S.B. via Gnupg-users wrote:
> Here is my situation: I have imported a public key using
> gpg --keyserver hkps://keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys fingerprint*
>
> *provided by the intended recipient on their profile page
>
> The person also displayed
Hello GnuPG world,
I'm a new (and obsessed) pgp user, so please bear with me. Also, I
hope I'm in the right place. I read through some archives and the
questions seemed a little advanced. I hope I'm not annoying anyone
here.
I use GnuPG 2.3.3 on a MacBook Pro running Mac OS Monterey (v.
